First of all, the intent of this league is to go on and on…even if it is one year (literally) at a time…what does this mean for you…the idea is that the draft is a draft where you can consider past production and your estimate of potential…this is about as close as a WIS draft gets to real drafts where you are gambling on a player's future performance and durability when you decide how to value a player

Second, the basic draft rules are as follows:

The draft order will be set at Game 162 (this will be for the 2011 draft) with reverse order ranking by win-loss record with a requirment of at least 40 wins by Game 162 to quality for one of the first fours picks in Round 1

Once you have posted your pick, please sitemail the next 2 owners

If the owner immediately before you has posted his or her pick, you may post your pick – otherwise, you must wait until the beginning of your scheduled draft slot to post your pick

To minimize extensive skipping, the draft for the following day will not start until the posted time for that day's first pick - this will provide owners with skipped picks time to make a pick before the next day's picks are made

Posted picks are official once another owner has posted his or her pick.

To avoid selecting a player already selected, please check the available players list and the most recent posted draft picks before posting your pick

The use of proxies is encouraged if you think you may not be around to post your pick

Draft slots for Rounds 1-3 are 1 hour

Draft slots for the remaining Rounds and the AAA Pitchers draft are 30 minutes

Following the Regular Draft, the will be a 4 round pitchers only draft from the list of the remaining pitchers not selected in the Regular Draft…you may draft up to 4 pitchers in this draft…for each pitcher less than 4, you will be assigned a below average sim-generated AAA pitcher

There are no use restrictions for these “AAA pitchers,”they may be listed as keepers for the following season but count as 1 of your 20 maximum keepers, they may also be listed as IR if they do not have a WIS record for the following season

A player may only start a game at a position for which the player is graded for in 2012